OAS Annual Report of Permanent Council To Ga June 2012

GENERAL ASSEMBLY
FORTY-SECOND REGULAR SESSION

June 3 to 5, 2012
Cochabamba, Bolivia
OEA/Ser.P
AG/doc.5240/12
2 June 2012
Original: Spanish
Item 5 on the agenda
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE PERMANENT COUNCIL

TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
2011-2012
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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INTRODUCTORY NOTE...................................................................................................................v
CHAPTER I 7
A.CHAIRS AND VICE CHAIRS............................................................................7
B.COMPETENCE....................................................................................................7
C.SECRETARIAT...................................................................................................8
CHAPTER II 9
A. MEETINGS 9
1.Regular meetings....................................................................................................10
2.Protocolary meetings..............................................................................................11
3.Special meetings ...................................................................................................11
In furtherance of the mandate contained in resolutions AG/RES. 2555 (XL-O/10) and AG/RES.
2694 (XLI-O/11) Promotion and Strengthening of Democracy: Follow-up to the Inter-American
Democratic Charter. 12
4.Joint meetings with the Permanent Executive Committee of the Inter-American
Council for Integral Development (CEPCIDI).............................................14
B. FOLLOW-UP OF THE MANDATES FROM THE FORTY-FIRST REGULAR SESSION OF
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY ..........................................................................................................14
Promotion and Strengthening of Democracy: Follow-up to the Inter-American Democratic Charter 15
Social Charter of the Americas: Renewal of the Hemispheric Commitment to Fight Poverty in the
Region 17
Building upon the work done under the previous chairs, including the preamble and operative
sections of the draft Social Charter of the Americas (GTC/CASA/doc.185/11), the Working Group
decided to recommend to the Permanent Council and CEPCIDI that they approve the draft resolution
titled Social Charter of the Americas : Renewal of the Hemispheric Commitment to Fight Poverty in
the Region, document AG/doc.5242/12, through which the General Assembly would adopt the
Social Charter of the Americas; the Executive Secretariat for Integral Development would be
instructed to present a draft Plan of Action by no later than August 31, 2012, for the Working Group
to consider; and the provisions established by the Permanent Council for its subsidiary organs on
matters pertaining to their functioning and election of their officers would be adopted for the
Working Group.
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1.Summaries of regular meetings: ......................................................................................................22
2. Summaries of the joint meetings of the Permanent Council and the Permanent Executive
Committee of the Inter-American Council for Integral Development (CEPCIDI)..............................32
3. Electoral and referendum observation reports (20112012)...........................................................33
4. Elections entrusted to the Permanent Council.................................................................................34
5. Preparations for the General Assembly ..........................................................................................34
CHAPTER III
DECLARATIONS AND RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED.....................................................................35
MEMBERSHIP AND OFFICERS OF THE COMMITTEES AND WORKING GROUPS
OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, THE MEETING OF CONSULTATION,
AND THE PERMANENT COUNCIL...............................................................................................38
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INTRODUCTORY NOTE
The Permanent Council is presenting its Annual Report for the period 2011May 2012 to the
General Assembly for consideration at its Forty-Second Regular Session.
Under Article 12 of its Rules of Procedure, the Permanent Council has such permanent and
special committees and working groups as it deems necessary to discharge the functions assigned to
it by the General Assembly and the Meeting of Consultation of Ministers of Foreign Affairs, and to
address any matter that, pursuant to Article 110 of the Charter, the Secretary General of the
Organization submits to its attention.1/
In the period covered by this Report, the Permanent Council worked with the following
committees and working groups:
General Committee
Committee on Juridical and Political Affairs
Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Affairs
Committee on Hemispheric Security
Committee on Inter-American Summits Management and Civil Society
Participation in OAS Activities
Special Committee on Migration Issues
Joint Working Group of the Permanent Council and CEPCIDI on the draft Social
Charter of the Americas
Joint Working Group of the Permanent Council and CEPCIDI on Existing
Mechanisms for Disaster Prevention and Response and Humanitarian Assistance
Special Working Group to Reflect on the Workings of the IACHR with a view to
Strengthening the IAHRS
Document AG/doc.5240/12 add. 1 contains the reports of the Permanent Councils various
committees on the outcome of their work during the 160 formal meetings and 39 informal meetings
held in the period covered by this report. The breakdown of the meetings held, by Committee, is as
follows:
Committee, Subcommittee, and Working Groups
Formal meetings
Informal meetings
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General Committee
Committee on Inter-American Summits Management and
Civil Society Participation in OAS Activities
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Article 18 of the Statutes of the Permanent Council.
Joint Working Group of the Permanent Council and

CEPCIDI on the Draft Social Charter of the Americas
Joint Working Group of the Permanent Council and
CEPCIDI on Existing Mechanisms for Disaster Prevention
and Response, and Humanitarian Assistance
Special Working Group to Reflect on the Workings of the
IACHR with a view to Strengthening the IAHRS
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Document AG/doc.5240/12 add.1 contains the reports of the different committees and
working groups of the Permanent Council on the outcomes of their work during the 288 formal
meetings and forty informal meetings held during the period covered by this report.
Document AG/doc.5240/12 add. 2 contains the draft resolutions and declarations that the
member states considered and approved during the preparations for forty-second regular session of
the General Assembly. Document AG/doc.5240/12 add.3 contains those draft resolutions that were
presented prior to the start of the forty-second regular session and on which the member states did not
reach agreement and that, therefore, require further consultations.
In an effort to reduce the production of bulky reports, this Annual Report includes electronic
links to the various documents it references.
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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE PERMANENT COUNCIL

TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
CHAPTER I
A.
CHAIRS AND VICE CHAIRS
The Permanent Council of the Organization is composed of one representative of each member
state, especially appointed by the respective government, with the rank of ambassador. Each government
may accredit an acting representative, as well as such alternates and advisers as it considers necessary. 2/
The office of Chair is held by each of the representatives, in turn, following the alphabetic order
in Spanish of the names of their respective countries. The office of Vice Chair is filled in the same way,
following reverse alphabetic order.3/ These positions are held for a three-month term, which begins
automatically on the first day of each quarter.
2011
Term
July - September
October
December
Chair
Ambassador Jorge Skinner-Klee
(Guatemala)
Ambassador Bayney R. Karran
(Guyana)
Vice Chair
Ambassador Luis A. Hoyos Aristizbal
(Colombia)
Ambassador Daro Paya
(Chile)
Chair
Ambassador Duly Brutus
(Haiti)
Ambassador Leonidas Rosa
Bautista
(Honduras)
Vice Chair
Ambassador Allan Culham
(Canada)
Ambassador Diego Pary Rodrguez
(Bolivia)4
2012
Term
January March
April June
B.
COMPETENCE
Within the limits of the Charter and of inter-American treaties and agreements, the Permanent
Council takes cognizance of any matter referred to it by the General Assembly or the Meeting of
Consultation of Ministers of Foreign Affairs.5/
It serves provisionally as the organ of consultation in conformity with the provisions of the
special treaty on the subject.6/
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4
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Charter of the Organization of American States, Chapter XII, Article 80.

Ibid., Article 81, and Statutes of the Permanent Council, Article 6.
Owing to the absence of the Permanent Representative of Brazil, the Permanent Representative of
the Plurinational State of Bolivia, Ambassador Diego Pary Rodrguez,
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Idem., Article 82.
.
Idem., Article 83.
It keeps vigilance over the maintenance of friendly relations among the Member States, and for
that purpose effectively assists them in the peaceful settlement of their disputes, in accordance with the
provisions of the Charter.7/
It is the function of the Permanent Council to: 8/
a.
Carry out those decisions of the General Assembly or of the Meeting of Consultation of
Ministers of Foreign Affairs the implementation of which has not been assigned to any
other body;
b.
Watch over the observance of the standards governing the operation of the General
Secretariat and, when the General Assembly is not in session, adopt provisions of a
regulatory nature that enable the General Secretariat to carry out its administrative
functions;
c.
Act as the Preparatory Committee of the General Assembly, in accordance with the terms
of Article 60 of the Charter, unless the General Assembly should decide otherwise;
d.
Prepare, at the request of the member states and with the cooperation of the appropriate
organs of the Organization, draft agreements to promote and facilitate cooperation
between the Organization of American States and the United Nations or between the
Organization and other American agencies of recognized international standing. These
draft agreements shall be submitted to the General Assembly for approval;
e.
Submit recommendations to the General Assembly with regard to the functioning of the
Organization and the coordination of its subsidiary organs, agencies, and committees;
f.
Consider the reports of the Inter-American Council for Integral Development, of the
Inter-American Juridical Committee, of the Inter-American Commission on Human
Rights, of the General Secretariat, of specialized agencies and conferences, and of other
bodies and agencies, and present to the General Assembly any observations and
recommendations it deems necessary; and
g.
Perform the other functions assigned to it in the Charter.
C.
SECRETARIAT
The Assistant Secretary General of the Organization serves as Secretary of the Permanent
Council9/ and directs the Secretariat of the General Assembly, the Permanent Council and the Department
of Conferences and Meetings.
Pursuant to the provisions of Executive Order No. 08-01 Rev. 4, the principal functions of the
Secretariat of the Permanent Council are set forth below. The full text can be accessed through the
following hyperlink: http://www.oas.org/legal/intro.htm.
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Idem., Article 84.

Idem., Article 91.
Article 115 of the OAS Charter; and Article 8 of the Statutes of the Permanent Council.
Functions
1.
Provides ongoing guidance and advice to the chairs and other elected officers of the
General Assembly, the Meeting of Consultation, and the Permanent Council and its
subsidiary bodies on the organization of work, the status of negotiations, the
interpretation of rules of procedure and background information for member state
representatives and relevant areas of the General Secretariat on matters presented for
consideration.
2.
Advises the style committees of the meetings and conferences of the organs of the
Organization.
3.
Prepares reports, draft resolutions, declarations, or recommendations on the topics to

be considered at the meetings, as well as verbatim and summary minutes of the meetings
themselves.
4.
Ensures that the information on the Internet web pages of the Secretariat of the
General Assembly, the Meeting of Consultation, the Permanent Council, and Subsidiary
Organs and the Office of the Assistant Secretary General is kept up to date in the official
languages of the Organization.
5.
Provides all services connected with the processing and issuance of all official
documents of the Secretariat of the General Assembly, the Meeting of Consultation, the
Permanent Council, and Subsidiary Organs, ensuring that they are properly registered and
classified, and that advance electronic copies are sent to the delegations and to pertinent
General Secretariat staff and officials.
6.
Supervises the preparation of documentation for meetings by: (a) ensuring the
consistency, quality, and standards of original texts; and (b) coordinating with the
Language Services Section the processing of documentation and the scheduling of
deadlines for the receipt of original documents and the dispatch of all language versions
to member states.
7.
8.
Provides secretariat and support services to the chair of the Permanent Council.
Coordinates, with the Department of Conferences and Meetings, the delivery of
conference and secretariat services to the General Assembly, the Meeting of
Consultation, the Permanent Council, and the subsidiary organs.
CHAPTER II
A.
MEETINGS
In accordance with Article 12 of its Statutes, the Permanent Council shall hold its meetings at its
seat, in the manner determined by its Rules of Procedure. It may also hold meetings in any member state,
when it finds it advisable and with the prior consent of the government concerned (Article 13 of the
Statutes of the Permanent Council).
Section VII of the Rules of Procedure of the Permanent Council establishes the rules governing
the convocation of protocolary, regular, and special meetings.
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Once approved, the verbatim transcriptions of the meetings of the Permanent Council can be accessed
through the menu appearing in the following hyperlink: http://www.oas.org/consejo/minutes.asp .
1.
Regular meetings
In accordance with Article 36 of its Rules of Procedure, the Permanent Council
shall hold its regular meetings on the first and third Wednesday of each month. If it becomes
necessary to move regular meetings ahead or postpone them, the Chair of the Council may
indicate other dates. The meetings of the Permanent Council and of its committees,
subcommittees, and working groups shall begin at the time indicated in the notice of convocation.
As of the date of publication of this report, the Council has held a total of 27 regular
meetings.
The statements of the delegations during regular meetings of the Permanent Council will
be transcribed verbatim in the minutes of each meeting. The Secretariat will furthermore record
and publish the decisions reached at each meeting.
Date
July 13, 2011

July 21, 2011
August 2, 2011
August 31, 2011
September 7, 2011
September 21, 2011
September 30, 2011
October 19, 2011
October 26, 2011
November 2, 2011
November 10, 2011
November 15, 2011
December 9, 2011
December 14, 2011
2011
Purpose
Regular meeting
Regular meeting
Regular meeting
Regular meeting
Regular meeting
Regular meeting
Regular meeting
Regular meeting
Regular meeting
Regular meeting
Regular meeting
Regular meeting
Regular meeting
Regular meeting
Record No. 10
CP/SA 1810/11
CP/SA 1812/11
CP/SA 1813/11
CP/SA 1814/11
CP/SA 1816/11
CP/SA 1818/11
CP/SA 1819/11
CP/SA 1822/11
CP/SA 1823/11
CP/SA 1825/11
CP/SA 1827/11
CP/SA 1828/11
CP/SA 1832/11
CP/SA 1833/11
2012
January 25, 2012
February 1, 2012
February 22, 2012
February 29, 2012
March 7, 2012
March 21, 2012
April 2, 2012
April 25, 2012
May 2, 2012
May 16, 2012
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Regular meeting
Regular meeting
Regular meeting
Regular meeting
Regular meeting
Regular meeting
Regular meeting
Regular meeting
Regular meeting
Regular meeting
CP/SA 1834/12
CP/SA 1835/12
CP/SA 1837/12
CP/SA 1838/12
CP/SA 1841/12
CP/SA 1842/12
CP/SA 1846/12
CP/SA 1848/12
CP/SA 1849/12
CP/SA 1852/12
. The full text of the records of the meetings held from June to December 2011 is available at:
http://www.oas.org/consejo/Register2011.asp; the text of the records
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May 23, 2012

May 25, 2012
2.
Regular meeting
Regular meeting
CP/SA 1854/12
CP/SA 1855/12
Protocolary meetings
In keeping with Article 38 of its Rules of Procedure, of the Permanent Council has held the
following protocolary meetings as of the date of this report:
Date
July 21, 2011
October 4, 2011
October 12, 2011
April 25, 2012
May 15, 2012
Purpose
To commemorate the birth of the Liberator Simn
Bolvar
To receive His Excellency Porfirio Lobo Sosa,
President of the Republic of Honduras
In commemoration of the anniversary of the
"Encounter of Two Worlds: Discovery of America."
Record No.10/
CP/SA 1811/11
To receive the Honorable Freundel Stuart, Q.C.,

M.P., Prime Minister of Barbados.
To receive the Honorable Donald Rabindranauth
Ramotar, President of the Republic of Guyana
CP/SA 1847/12
CP/SA 1820/11
CP/SA 1821/11
CP/SA 1850/12
The statements made by the delegations during the protocolary meetings of the Permanent
Council are transcribed verbatim in the minutes of each meeting.
3.
Special meetings
Under Article 37 of its Rules of Procedure, the Permanent Council shall hold special meetings
when:
a.
b.
c.
d.
The chair considers it necessary;

Any representative so requests in writing, stating the purpose of the request;
The Secretary General expressly so requests, in the exercise of the authority conferred
upon him or her in the second paragraph of Article 110 of the Charter; or
The General Assembly expressly so mandates.
As of the date of publication of this report, the Council has held a total of 12 special meetings.
As with the regular and protocolary meetings, the statements made by delegations are transcribed
verbatim in the minutes of each meeting and the Secretariat records and publishes the decisions reached
there.
Date
June 29. 2011
Purpose
Record No. 10/
To establish a Special Working Group CP/SA 1809/11
charged with deepening the process of
reflection on the workings of the InterAmerican Commission on Human Rights
(IACHR) in the framework of the American
Convention on Human Rights and the
Statute of the IACHR, with the aim of
strengthening the inter-American human
rights system (IAHRS), pursuant to the
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statement made by the President of the

forty-first regular session of the General
Assembly, Minister Hugo Martnez.
September 7, 2011
To receive His Excellency Dr. Rafael

Alburquerque, Vice President of the
Dominican Republic.
CP/SA 1815/11
Dr. Albuquerque disclosed details relating

to the organization and preparation for the
Fifth Americas Competitiveness Forum,
held from October 5 to 7, 2011.
September 13, 2011
To receive Her Excellency Michalle Jean,

UNESCO Special Envoy for Haiti.
CP/SA 1817/11
The UNESCO Special Envoy for Haiti gave

a presentation on education in Haiti in the
context of the National Pact for Education,
the process of reconstruction, and that
countrys development agenda.
October 28, 2011
Report by the Chair of the Committee on CP/SA 1824/11

Administrative and Budgetary Affairs
(CAAP),
Ambassador
John
Beale,
Permanent Representative of Barbados, on
the draft resolution: Program-Budget of the
Regular Fund of the Organization for 2012
and Contributions to FEMCIDI.
The Permanent Council decided to refer the
draft resolution, document CP/CAAP3140/11 rev. 1, to the General Assembly for
consideration at its forty-second special
session, held on October 31, 2011.
November 21, 2011
To receive the member states final CP/SA. 1829/11

comments regarding the Inter-American
Democratic Charter.
The Permanent Council presented a
Progress Report on the Dialogue on the
Effectiveness of the Implementation of the
Inter-American
Democratic
Charter,
document CP/doc. 4663/11 corr. 2, and a
verbatim compilation of the presentations
offered by the delegations, document
CP/doc.4663/11 add.1.
November 30, 2011
In furtherance of the mandate contained in

resolutions AG/RES. 2555 (XL-O/10)
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CP/SA.1830/11
and AG/RES. 2694 (XLI-O/11)

Promotion and Strengthening of
Democracy: Follow-up to the InterAmerican Democratic Charter.
December 2, 2011
To change the date of the forty-second

regular session of the General Assembly.
CP/SA. 1831/11
The Permanent Council approved, ad

referendum of the General Assembly,
resolution CP/RES. 994 (1831/11), to hold
the forty-second regular session on June 3, 4
and 5, 2012.
February 22, 2012
To receive His Excellency Harold

Caballeros, Minister of Foreign Affairs of
the Republic of Guatemala.
CP/SA 1836/12
Minister Caballeros explained that his visit

to the OAS was timed to coincide with the
start of his term in office representing the
new Government of Guatemala.
March 7, 2012
To receive His Excellency Dr. Lenn

Moreno, Vice President of the Republic of
Ecuador.
CP/SA 1839/12
Vice President Moreno explained that the

basic purpose of his visit was to convey how
enthusiastic the Government of Ecuador was
to promote the rights of persons with
disabilities and to present the pilot program
called Manuela Espejo Solidarity Mission.
March 7, 2012
To receive His Excellency David CP/SA 1840/12

Choquehuanca Cspedes, Minister of
Foreign Affairs of the Plurinational State of
Bolivia.
Minister Choquehuanca introduced the
theme selected for the forty-second regular
session of the General Assembly and the
draft declaration on "Food Security with
Sovereignty in the Americas."
March 28, 2012
To receive national legislators from the

Hemisphere for an exchange of views on the
regions democratic and economic future on
the main topics of the Sixth Summit of the
Americas.
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CP/SA 1844/12
Participating in the meeting were the

Honorable Juan Orlando Hernndez,
President of the National Congress of
Honduras; the Honorable Jennifer SimonsGeerlings, President of the National
Assembly of Suriname; the Honorable
Randy Hoback, Canadian Member of
Parliament; and the Honorable Elliott Edgel,
member of the United States House of
Representatives..
March 29, 2012
To receive His Excellency Ricardo Patio,

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Trade and,
Integration of Ecuador.
CP/SA 1845/12
Minister Ricardo Patio gave the Permanent

Council an exhaustive presentation on the
position of his countrys government vis-vis the hearing that the Inter-American
Commission on Human Rights had been
asked to hold regarding the case of the
newspaper El Universo.
4.
Joint meetings with the Permanent Executive Committee of the Inter-American Council for
Integral Development (CEPCIDI)
As of the date of publication of this report, a total of four joint meetings of the Permanent Council
and CEPCIDI have been held. The statements and observations of the delegations appear in each
meetings minutes. The Secretariat records and publishes all decisions taken at those meetings.
Date
November 10, 2011
Purpose
Joint meeting of the Permanent Council and
CEPCIDI
Record No. 10//

CP/SA. 1826/11
March 21, 2012

CEPCIDI
CP/SA 1843/12
May 15, 2012

CEPCIDI
CP/SA 1851/12
May 16, 2012

CEPCIDI
CP/SA 1853/12
B.
FOLLOW-UP OF THE MANDATES FROM THE FORTY-FIRST REGULAR SESSION OF

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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1.
Distribution of mandates
One of the first activities undertaken by the Permanent Council following the regular session of
the General Assembly is the assignment of the mandates produced by the General Assembly to the
various bodies of the Permanent Council, CEPCIDI and the General Secretariat. In this regard, the
Permanent Council issued and approved CP/doc.4654/11 rev. 2 Distribution of mandates assigned by
the General Assembly at its Fortieth-First Regular Session -- Continued Mandates from previous years,
approved by the Permanent Council at its meeting of July 21, 2011, and revised during the meeting held
on September 7, 2011.
At its forty-first regular session, the General Assembly issued specific mandates for the
Permanent Council, which appear in the following resolutions:
CLASSIFICATION AND TITLE
MANDATE
AG/RES. 2694 (XLI-O/11)
1. To continue promoting democratic cooperation

in order to support member states, at their request, in
Promotion and Strengthening of Democracy: their efforts to strengthen democratic institutions,
Follow-up to the Inter-American values, practices, and governance; fight corruption;
Democratic Charter
enhance the rule of law; bring about the full exercise
of human rights, and reduce poverty, inequity, and
social exclusion.
AG/RES. 2555 (XL-O/10)

Promotion and Strengthening of Democracy:
Follow-up to the Inter-American Democratic
Charter
2. To reaffirm that the promotion and protection of

human rights is a prerequisite for a democratic
society, and that it is important to continue to
develop and strengthen the inter-American human
rights system.
1. To continue promoting democratic cooperation
in order to support member states, at their request, in
their efforts to strengthen democratic institutions,
values, practices, and governance, fight corruption,
enhance the rule of law, bring about the full exercise
of human rights, and reduce poverty, inequity, and
social exclusion.
2. To reaffirm that the promotion and protection of
human rights is a prerequisite for a democratic
society, and that it is important to continue to
develop and strengthen the inter-American human
rights system.
3.
To reaffirm, as applicable, the mandates
contained in resolutions AG/RES. 2327 (XXXVIIO/07) and AG/RES. 2422 (XXXVIII-O/08),
Promotion and Strengthening of Democracy:
Follow-up to the Inter-American Democratic
Charter, and, in this context, to reiterate the request
to the Secretary General to present a report to the
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Permanent Council on all cases in which action on

his part is called for in the Charter of the
Organization of American States (OAS) and the
Inter-American Democratic Charter.
4. To recognize the importance of promoting the
principles, values, and practices of a democratic
culture; and to request the General Secretariat to
continue supporting this objective through training
programs to promote the principles, values, and
practices of a democratic culture, on the basis of
Articles 26 and 27 of the Inter-American
Democratic Charter. In this context, to instruct the
General Secretariat to continue supporting the
Permanent Council and the member states in the
execution of the Inter-American Program on
Education for Democratic Values and Practices and
its Plan of Action.
5. To reaffirm, as applicable, the mandates
contained in resolutions AG/RES. 2154 (XXXVO/05), Promotion of Regional Cooperation for
Implementation of the Inter-American Democratic
Charter, and AG/RES. 2251 (XXXVI-O/06),
Promotion
of
Regional
Cooperation
for
Implementation of the Inter-American Democratic
Charter on the Occasion of Its Fifth Anniversary.
Article 91.f of the Charter of the
Organization of American States
Observations and recommendations on the
following annual reports of the organs,
agencies and entities of the Organization
(Article 91.f of the Charter of the OAS )11/
Inter-American
Council
for
Integral
Development (CIDI)
General Secretariat
The Permanent Council shall also: (f) Consider the

reports of the Inter-American Council for Integral
Development, of the Inter-American Juridical
Committee, of the Inter-American Commission on
Human Rights, of the General Secretariat, of
specialized agencies and conferences, and of other
bodies and agencies, and present to the General
Assembly any observations and recommendations it
deems necessary.
AG/RES. 2617 (XLI-O/11)
5. To request that the Permanent Council, through

the Committee on Hemispheric Security, convene a
meeting in the first quarter of 2013 to review
progress in implementation of the Declaration on
Security in the Americas by member states and by
the organs, agencies, entities, and mechanisms of the
OAS.
Follow-up to the Special Conference on

Security
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Article 91.f of the OAS Charter: The Permanent Council shall also: (f) Consider the reports of the InterAmerican Council for Integral Development, of the Inter-American Juridical Committee,
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6. To instruct the Permanent Council and the InterAmerican Council for Integral Development (CIDI)
to hold, prior to the forty-second regular session of
the General Assembly, a joint meeting for member
states and the General Secretariat to present their
views and experiences on initiatives and programs
that contribute to multidimensional security and
integral development; to explore opportunities for
cooperation in this field, and to foster collaboration
between the Secretariat for Multidimensional
Security and the Executive Secretariat for Integral
Development in areas of common interest.
7. To request the Permanent Council to report to
the General Assembly at its forty-second regular
session on the implementation of this resolution.
8. That execution of the activities envisaged in this
resolution will be subject to the availability of
financial resources in the program-budget of the
Organization and other resources.
AG/RES. 2695 (XLI-O/11)
Social Charter of the Americas: Renewal of
the Hemispheric Commitment to Fight
Poverty in the Region
3. To renew the mandate given to the Permanent

Council and CEPCIDI to jointly prepare a draft
Social Charter of the Americas and a Plan of Action
which includes the principles of social development
and establishes specific goals and targets that
reinforce the existing instruments of the
Organization of the American States on democracy,
integral development, and the fight against poverty.
4. To instruct the Executive Secretariat for Integral
Development to prepare a proposed draft Plan of
Action, conceived for the attainment of specific,
feasible goals, on the basis of existing mandates and
following the structure of the Social Charter of the
Americas, with a view to its presentation to the
member states for consideration.
5. To instruct the Permanent Council to consider,
once the negotiation process has concluded,
convening a special session of the General
Assembly, taking into account the offer of the
Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela to host it, for the
adoption of the Social Charter of the Americas and
its Plan of Action.
6. To request the Permanent Council and CEPCIDI
to present the results of their work to the General
Assembly for consideration and adoption.
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7. That execution of the activities envisaged in this

resolution will be subject to the availability of
financial resources in the program-budget of the
Organization and other resources.
AG/RES. 2647 (XLI-O/11)
Existing Mechanisms for Disaster Prevention
and Response and Humanitarian Assistance
among the Member States.
1.
To endorse the Assessment and Course of
Action Suggested by the Joint Working Group on
Existing Mechanisms for Disaster Prevention and
Response and Humanitarian Assistance among the
Member States (GTC/DAH-12/11 rev. 3)
(hereinafter the Joint Working Group).
2.
To extend the mandate of the Joint Working
Group for one additional year so that it may design
an inter-American plan for the coordination of
disaster prevention and response and humanitarian
assistance, to reflect, inter alia, the assessment and
to take into account the existing national,
subregional, regional, and multilateral mechanisms
and agencies in order to seek out complementarities
and avoid duplication of efforts.
3.
To instruct the Joint Working Group that in
designing this plan it consider the instruments and
mechanisms that exist in the inter-American sphere.
2.
Follow-up and execution of the mandates related to the effectiveness of the

implementation of the Inter-American Democratic Charter
In resolution AG/RES. 2555 (XL-O/10) the General Assembly instructed the Permanent Council
to organize and carry out a dialogue on the effectiveness of the implementation of the Inter-American
Democratic Charter (IACD) and to prepare a report on the dialogues findings. The resolution specifically
requested that the report reflect the results and/or progress made in the framework of the multilateral
dialogue conducted within the OAS and that it be presented on the occasion of the commemoration of the
10th anniversary of the Charters adoption.
Throughout 2011, the Permanent Council discussed the Inter-American Democratic Charter at
five different meetings. The conclusion of that series of dialogues took place on Monday, November 21,
2011, at a special meeting of the Permanent Council. At that meeting, member states had the opportunity
to make final comments on the interchange of ideas, positions, and proposals that took place during 2011.
The statements presented reflected a high level of commitment by the member states to the InterAmerican Democratic Charter and to the promotion and defense of democracy in the region; a productive
exchange of views was maintained, characterized by profound insight and enriching proposals; and a
broad consensus was reached on not amending the text of the Inter-American Democratic Charter during
this process of dialogue, given that the Charter itself reflects fundamental areas of consensus and
balanced points of view regarding shared democratic ideals, values, principles, and practices. For that
reason, this dialogue in 2011 was imbued with a constructive spirit aimed at making implementation of
the Inter-American Democratic Charter more effective.
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In response to the mandate from the General Assembly, and in keeping with the Guidelines for
the Participation of Civil Society Organizations in OAS Activities, the Permanent Council held a special
meeting on November 30, 2011with civil society organizations participating. The purpose of that meeting
was to learn about the contributions that civil society organizations make to the strengthening of a
democratic culture and to incorporate their recommendations into OAS efforts in that field.
The Chair of the Permanent Council prepared the draft Final Report on the mandate given to the
Permanent Council. The minutes of the five Permanent Council meetings where the Inter-American
Democratic Charter was discussed, held between May and September 2011, served as the basis for the
Report. Likewise, the matrix prepared by the Chair of the Permanent Council organizing and
consolidating all statements and comments made by member states during the five aforementioned
meetings, was also used in preparing the Report. Lastly, the final statements made by member states at
the special meeting of the Permanent Council on November 21, 2011 were also taken into consideration.
The purpose of the Report, in keeping with the General Assembly mandate, is to present the main
outcomes of the debate, highlight progress made, and, in so doing, offer some guidelines as to the next
steps to be taken.
The report is divided into three parts. The first part presents the specific mandates from the
General Assembly that frame and guide the Permanent Councils activities regarding the Inter-American
Democratic Charter. The second part summarizes the principal topics discussed and debated at each of the
five meetings, including the one on general considerations regarding the Inter-American Democratic
Charter, organized by the Permanent Council. This is the part describing the positions taken by the
member states and the proposals put forward. The third part compiles and consolidates the principal
outcomes of the series of dialogues, based on areas of agreement and progress attained thanks to the
member states' contributions. In this way, specific areas for future progress are identified, with a view to
enhancing effective implementation of the Inter-American Democratic Charter.
It bears mentioning that, paralleling the dialogue process carried out by the Permanent Council
pursuant to the mandate set forth in the two General Assembly resolutions, various regional and
subregional events were held to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Charter. These events, which
took place in Costa Rica (May 2011), Trinidad and Tobago (June 2011), Chile (September 2011), Peru
(September 2011) and Mexico (December 2011), should be viewed as independent activities separate
from the official dialogue entrusted to the Permanent Council by the General Assembly. Accordingly, this
Report does not reflect the deliberations or the outcomes of the five above-mentioned events. However,
given the importance and relevance of those events and the direct relationship between their subject
matter and conclusions and the Permanent Councils dialogue process, materials from those events have
been included in the appendices to the Final Report, which was published as document CP/doc.4669/11
rev. 3.
3.
Process of reflecting upon the workings of the Inter-American Commission on Human

Rights with the aim of strengthening the inter-American human rights system
In March 2011, the IACHR presented a proposed amendment to Article 11 of its Rules of
Procedure, with the aim of providing a detailed description of the process of selection and appointment of
its Executive Secretary. Then, too, the President of the forty-first regular session of the General
Assembly, Mr. Hugo Martnez, Minister of Foreign Affairs of El Salvador, had suggested that the General
Assembly instruct the Permanent Council to deepen the process of reflection on the workings of the
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) in the framework of the American Convention
on Human Rights and the Statute of the IACHR, with the aim of strengthening the inter-American human
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rights system, and to present its recommendations to the member states as soon as possible.
(AG/INF.478/11).
In order to reflect on this and other matters having to do with the workings of the IACHR, at its
regular meeting of June 29, 2011, the Permanent Council decided to create the Special Working Group
to Reflect on the Workings of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights with a view to
Strengthening the Inter-American Human Rights System and directed the Working Group to submit its
final recommendations at the Councils first regular meeting in December 2011. The Groups final
report, document GT/SIDH-13/11 rev.2, was presented to the Permanent Council on December 14, 2011.
At the start of its proceedings, the Chair of the Working Group was Ambassador Hugo de Zela,
Permanent Representative of Peru. Later, the Group was chaired by Ambassador Joel Hernndez,
Permanent Representative of Mexico. The Vice Chair was Ambassador Hubert Charles, Permanent
Representative of Dominica.
At the conclusion of its deliberations, the Special Working Group informed the Permanent
Council that:
1.
The Working Groups discussions revealed the importance assigned by the member states
to the inter-American human rights system (IAHRS) in terms of its role in the promotion
and protection of internationally recognized human rights as a basic element for
consolidation and strengthening of democracy in the Hemisphere.
2.
The Working Group recognized that the promotion and protection of human rights in the
Hemisphere is primarily the responsibility of the member states, emphasizing the
complementary or supplementary role of the IAHRS, as applicable, in conjunction with
the national efforts. The Working Group held that linkage and cooperation among all
stakeholders of the IAHRS is essential to move toward a true culture of respect of basic
rights in the region.
3.
The delegations recognized that the autonomy and independence of the Inter-American
Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)within the framework of the applicable legal
instruments, based on a comprehensive interpretation of those instruments, as well as of
the practice of the statesare essential elements for maintaining its credibility,
legitimacy, and efficacy.
4.
The Working Group engaged in a reflection process, first, to review various aspects of
the workings of the IACHR and, second, to make specific recommendations for
strengthening the IAHRS.
5.
In the course of this exercise there was frequent dialogue with the commissioners of the
IACHR and with the Executive Secretariat for better understanding and clarification of
questions on the workings of the organ that were submitted for reflection. The
information received made it possible to prepare evaluations on these aspects and offer
recommendations for strengthening the IACHR.
6.
By the same token, a dialogue was held with the civil society organizations that in order
to obtain their contributions on the workings of the IACHR. These were received in
writing and considered within the Working Group.
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7.
Based on the input received and the discussions held, the Working Group has identified
recommendations in connection with each of the aspects, addressed to both the IACHR
and the member states of the Organization, and it trusts that their consideration will
contribute to workings of the organ with a view to strengthening the IAHRS.
The Working Group also presented the conclusions of its deliberations and its recommendations
for the IACHR and for the member states on the various issues examined.
At the regular meeting held on January 25, 2012, the Permanent Council considered the
recommendations presented by the Working Group and:
Approved the report of the Special Working Group to Reflect on the Workings of the
IACHR with a view to Strengthening the IAHRS, contained in document GT/SIDH13/11 rev. 2.
Agreed to convey the report to the General Assembly.
Agreed to transmit the report to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, to the
Secretary General, and to the member states, in order to apprise them of the
recommendations applicable to each.
Instructed the Secretary General to prepare a report on progress with the reports
recommendations by the parties on which those recommendations were served, and to
present it to the General Assembly.
To follow up on this topic, at the General Assemblys forty-second regular session, the Secretary
General will present a report on the implementation of the recommendations contained in the document
approved by the Council.
4.
Draft Social Charter of the Americas
In resolution AG/RES. 2056 (XXXIV-O/04), the General Assembly instructed the Permanent
Council and the Permanent Executive Committee of the Inter-American Council for Integral
Development (CEPCIDI) to jointly prepare a draft Social Charter of the Americas and a Plan of Action
which was to include the principles of social development and establish specific goals and targets that
reinforce the existing instruments of the OAS on democracy, integral development, and the fight against
poverty.
The importance of the Social Charter initiative was emphasized by the Heads of State and
Government, gathered at the Fourth Summit of the Americas, held in Mar del Plata, Argentina, in
November 2005. At this meeting they encouraged the work of the OAS in drafting the Social Charter of
the Americas and its Plan of Action, whose principles and objectives will be directed towards the
achievement by member states of societies that offer all of our citizens more opportunities to benefit from
sustainable development with equity and social inclusion. They also supported and promoted the work
now under way in the OAS, to conclude successfully the negotiation of the Social Charter of the
Americas and its Plan of Action.
To carry out this task, the Permanent Council and CEPCIDI established the Joint Working Group,
whose work began in September 2005. The General Assembly reiterated said mandate to the Permanent
Council and CEPCIDI through resolutions AG/RES. 2139 (XXXV-O/05), AG/RES. 2241 (XXXVIO/06), AG/RES. 2278 (XXXVII-O/07) AG/RES. 2363 (XXXVIII-O/08), AG/RES. 2449 (XXXIX-O/09),
AG/RES. 2542 (XL-O/10) and AG/RES. 2695 (XLI-O/11).
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During the period between April and October 2011, the Joint Working Group was chaired by Mr.
Pierre Giroux, Alternate Representative of Canada. Once agreement was reached on the text of the draft
preamble, the Working Group decided to rearrange the paragraphs so that the document flowed more
smoothly. The negotiations were conducted on the basis of the Chairs proposal and, on September 30,
2011, the Group reached a consensus on the draft preamble of the Draft Social Charter, and it was
published as document GTC/CASA/doc.157/10 rev. 14 corr. 1.
The same exercise got underway to agree upon the operative part of the Draft Social Charter of
the Americas, based on the latest negotiated version of it, contained in document GTC/CASA/doc.51/07
rev. 38. Following the same procedure used for the preamble section, suggestions were made for
reordering the paragraphs from the general to the particular within each chapter. The formal and informal
negotiations worked from the text proposed by the Chair, and a consensus was formally reached on
October 26, 2011, for the order of the paragraphs in the operative part of the Draft Social Charter. The
negotiations on the draft preamble and draft operative part of the Social Charter concluded that day.
The Permanent Council and CEPCIDI approved the Working Groups
GTC/CASA/doc.185/11, presented at the joint meeting held on November 10, 2011.
document,
On March 31, 2012, the Permanent Council and CEPCIDI elected the Delegation of the United
States to Chair the Joint Working Group. Mr. Daniel Cento served as Chair, representing the Delegation
of the United States.
Building upon the work done under the previous chairs, including the preamble and operative
sections of the draft Social Charter of the Americas (GTC/CASA/doc.185/11), the Working Group
decided to recommend to the Permanent Council and CEPCIDI that they approve the draft resolution
titled Social Charter of the Americas : Renewal of the Hemispheric Commitment to Fight Poverty
in the Region, document AG/doc.5242/12, through which the General Assembly would adopt the
Social Charter of the Americas; the Executive Secretariat for Integral Development would be
instructed to present a draft Plan of Action by no later than August 31, 2012, for the Working Group
to consider; and the provisions established by the Permanent Council for its subsidiary organs on
matters pertaining to their functioning and election of their officers would be adopted for the
Working Group.
The Chair of the Permanent Council is pleased to report the progress the Working Group has
made and the consensus reached with regard to the draft resolution, which urges approval of the Draft
Social Charter of the Americas. It is thus self evident that the delegations are committed to promoting the
social, economic and cultural agenda of the hemisphere, in a spirit of compromise and recognition of the
importance that this instrument can have in changing the lives of the peoples of the Americas.
C.
SUMMARIES OF THE REGULAR AND SPECIAL MEETINGS OF THE PERMANENT

COUNCIL AND OF ITS JOINT MEETINGS WITH THE PERMANENT EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE OF THE INTER-AMERICAN COUNCIL FOR INTEGRAL DEVELOPMENT
(CEPCIDI)
1. Summaries of regular meetings:
During the 20112012 term, the Permanent Council not only held regular and special meetings,
but also received a number of reports on items of critical interest to the member states that both expanded
and enriched its repertoire of technical and timely subjects for consideration.
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The following is a general overview of many of the topics taken up by the Permanent Council
during this period:
July 13, 2011 (CP/SA 1810/11), installation of the subsidiary organs of the Permanent
Council and election of their officers, pursuant to Article 28 of the Rules of Procedure of
the Permanent Council; under Article 27 of the Rules of Procedure, they serve for one
year; election of the chairs of the permanent committees, pursuant to Article 29 of the
Rules of Procedure.
July 13, 2011 (CP/SA 1810/11), approval of the Provisional Agenda presented by the InterAmerican Childrens Institute (IIN) for the eightieth regular meeting of its Directing
Council, as required under Article 1, paragraph 4 of the IINs Rules of Procedure,
document CP/doc.4653/11.
July 21, 2011 (CP/SA 1812/11), Consideration and approval of the proposed distribution of
mandates issued by the General Assembly at its forty-first regular session and other
sessions (CP/doc.4654/11 rev. 1).
July 21, 2011 (CP/SA 1812/11), information provided by Ambassador Luis Alfonso Hoyos,
Permanent Representative of Colombia, on the second course on management of police
intelligence, organized by the National Police of Colombia and the OAS General
Secretariat. The course was held in Bogot, September 26 through 30, 2011, as part of
efforts to strengthen the institutional capacity of member states through technical
cooperation and assistance initiatives.
August 2, 2011 (CP/SA 1813/11), continuation of the dialogue on Promotion and

Strengthening of Democracy: Follow-up to the Inter-American Democratic Charter,
chapters II, III and IV, to comply with the mandates contained in resolutions AG/RES.
2555 (XL-O/10) and AG/RES.2694 (XLI-O/11).
August 2, 2011 (CP/SA 1813/11), information on the invitation received from the
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Chile to participate in the event Hemispheric
Commemoration of the Tenth Anniversary of the Inter-American Democratic Charter and
Renewal of the Commitment of the Americas to Democracy, to be held in Valparaiso,
Chile, on September 3 and 4, 2011.
August 31, 2011 (CP/SA 1814/11), invitation by the Permanent Representative of Colombia,
Ambassador Luis Alfonso Hoyos, and the Director General of CORANTIOQUIA, to
participate in the Seventh Inter-American Dialogue on Water Management, in Medelln,
Colombia, November 13 through 19, 2011. The dialogue would bring together important
stakeholders in water management in the hemisphere.
August 31, 2011 (CP/SA 1814/11), presentation of the corresponding report and draft
resolution on Use of unobligated unprogrammed balances of Specific Funds, established
by member states, to cover Regular Fund shortfalls, document. CP/RES. 987 (814/11),
presented by the Vice Chair of the CAAP, Mr. Csar Martnez, Alternate Representative
of El Salvador.
August 31, 2011 (CP/SA 1814/11), continuation of the Dialogue on the Inter-American
Democratic Chapter, chapters IV, V and VI, to comply with General Assembly
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resolutions AG/RES.2555 (XL-O/10) and AG/RES.2694 (XLI-O/11) on the Promotion

and Strengthening of Democracy: Follow-up to the Inter-American Democratic Charter.
September 7, 2011 (CP/SA 1816/11), information on the participation of the Chair of the
Permanent Council, Ambassador Jorge Skinner-Kle, in the commemoration of the 10 th
anniversary of the Inter-American Democratic Charter and renewal of the commitment of
the Americas to democracy, in response to the invitation received from the Government
of Chile. The event was held on September 3 and 4, 2011, in Valparaso, Chile.
September 7, 2011 (CP/SA 1816/11), presentation given by the Chair of the Council of
Delegates of the Inter-American Defense Board (IADB), Lieutenant General Guy
Thibault, to explain the activities in his proposed work plan as he began his term at the
head of the IADB.
September 7, 2011 (CP/SA 1816/11), at the request of the Permanent Mission of

Barbados, the Permanent Council decided to assign the follow-up of resolution AG/RES.
2691 (XLI-O/11), Support for the Work of the Caribbean Sea Commission to the
Permanent Executive Committee of the Inter-American Council for Integral
Development (CEPCIDI).
September 21, 2011 (CP/SA 1818/11), award of certifications of quality to the Permanent
Representative of Colombia, Ambassador Luis Alfonso Hoyos, in the framework of the
results on quality management in the hemisphere. Ambassador Hoyos reported that his
country's Embassy in Washington, D.C. was the first embassy in the world to receive
three certifications of quality; the Chairman of the Board of the Colombian Institute of
Technical Standards and Certification, Mr. Hctor Arango Gaviria, presented
Ambassador Luis Alfonso Hoyos, Permanent Representative of Colombia, with the three
certificates.
September 21, 2011 (CP/SA 1818/11), presentation of the report on the request received
from the Republic of Malta that it be granted the status of permanent to the OAS,
document CP/CAJP-3016/11, presented by the Vice Chair of the CAJP, Ms. Mayerlyn
Cordero, Alternate Representative of the Dominican Republic.
September 21, 2011 (CP/SA 1818/11), approval of the draft resolution Place and date of
the forty-second special session of the General Assembly to consider and adopt the 2012
program budget," document CP/RES. 989 (1818/11), held at Organization headquarters
on October 31, 2011.
September 21, 2011 (CP/SA 1818/11), request from the Republic of Malta to be granted
the status of permanent observer to the Organization of American States, presented
through the report of the Vice Chair of the Committee on Juridical and Political Affairs,
Ms. Mayerlyn Cordero, Alternate Representative of the Dominican Republic, document
CP/CAJP-3016/11.
September 21, 2011 (CP/SA 1818/11), presentation on the XVI Pan American Games,
held in Guadalajara, Mexico, October 14 through 30, 2011. The presentation was given
by the Organizing Committees Manager for Coordination with the Federal Government,
Rafael Medina.
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September 21, 2011 (CP/SA 1818/11), continued discussion of the Inter-American

Democratic Charter, chapters IV, V and VI. The Permanent Council decided to draw up
an inventory of ideas on the final report with the recommendations of each delegation,
and on the steps that could be taken with regard to the subject matter in the future.
September 30, 2011 (CP/SA 1819/11), presentation of a report by Ambassador John E.

Beale, Chair of the Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Affairs (CAAP), and
approval of the draft resolution Transfer of funds between chapters of the ProgramBudget for 2011.
September 30, 2011 (CP/SA 1819/11), presentation by the Alternate Representative of Trinidad
and Tobago, Colonel Colin Mitchell, on the preparations for the Third Meeting of the
Technical Group on Transnational Organized Crime, held in Port of Spain, Trinidad and
Tobago, November 16, 2011, and approval of draft resolution CP/RES. 991 (1819/11), in
which the holding of the meeting was approved.
October 19, 2011 (1822/11), presentation of a report, document CP/CAJP-3015/11, and approval
of a draft resolution in which the Republic of Albania is granted the status of permanent
observer to the Organization. The report was presented by the Chair of the Committee on
Juridical and Political Affairs, Ambassador Mara Isabel Salvador, Permanent
Representative of Ecuador.
October 19, 2011 (1822/11), presentation by Ambassador Allan Culham, Permanent
Representative of Canada and Chair of the Group of Friends of the Columbus Library,
and Ms. Beverly Wharton-Lake, Head of the Library, on the role of the Columbus
Memorial Library.
October 19, 2011 (1822/11), presentation on the cultural event known as the Suchitoto Project,
sponsored jointly by the permanent missions of Canada and El Salvador and held in
November 2011, in celebration of the Inter-American Year of Culture, the occasion of the
Fifth Meeting of Ministers and High Authorities of Culture, and the Fiftieth Anniversary
of Bilateral Relations between Canada and El Salvador.
October 19, 2011 (1822/11), oral report on the outcomes of the Fifth Italy-Latin America
and the Caribbean Conference, held in Rome, Italy, October 4 and 5, 2011. The report
was presented by the Permanent Observer of Italy to the OAS, Ambassador Giulio Terzi
di SantAgata, and the Director of the Department of International Affairs, Ms. Irene
Klinger.
October 19, 2011 (1822/11), consideration of the Strategic Plan 2011-2015 for
Financially Strengthening the Organs of the Inter-American Human Rights System. The
Plan was introduced by Dr. Dinah Shelton, then Chair of the Inter-American Commission
on Human Rights (IACHR); Dr. Santiago Cantn, Executive Secretary of the IACHR; Dr.
Pablo Saavedra-Alessandri, Secretary of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, and
Mr. Gerald Anderson, Secretary for Administration and Finance.
October 26, 2011 (CP/SA 1823/11), presentation of the Forty-eighth Report of the Leo S.
Rowe Pan American Fund, document CP/doc. 4664/11. The presentation was by
Ambassador Deborah Mae-Lovell, Permanent Representative of Antigua and Barbuda.
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The Permanent Council underscored how important the Rowe Fund is in educating young
people from the hemisphere.
October 26, 2011 (CP/SA 1823/11), nomination and election of the Chair of the Special
Working Group to Reflect on the Workings of the IACHR with a view to Strengthening
the IAHRS, Ambassador Joel Hernndez, Permanent Representative of Mexico.
October 26, 2011 (CP/SA 1823/11), information presented by the Permanent Observer of
France, Ambassador Pierre-Henry Guignard, on the G-20 meeting held in Cannes,
France, in November 2011..
November 2, 2011 (CP/SA 1825/11), presentation by Judge Sergio Torres on Argentina's

experience of investigating and trying crimes against humanity, promoting and protecting
human rights and the fight against impunity, from a judicial perspective.
November 2, 2011 (CP/SA 1825/12), report by the General Secretariat on the conclusions
of the African Union OAS Forum on Challenges and Opportunities in the Promotion
and Defense of Democracy and Human Rights in Africa and the Americas, held in
Ethiopia and attended by high-ranking officials of the African Union, the OAS Secretary
General, and many of the permanent representatives to the OAS and the Chair of the
Permanent Council; the presentation was given by the Director of the Department of
International Affairs, Ms. Irene Klinger.
November 10, 2011 (CP/SA 1827/11), oral report delivered by Ambassador Nestor Mendez,
Chair of the Committee on Hemispheric Security, on the preparations for the Third
Meeting of Ministers Responsible for Public Security of the Americas (MISPA-III), held
in Trinidad and Tobago, November 17 through 20, 2011.
November 10, 2011 (CP/SA 1827/11), presentation by Ambassador Carmen Lomellin,
Permanent Representative of the United States, and approval of the draft resolution
concerning convocation of the Seventh Meeting of the Working Group on Cyber-crime of
the Meeting of Ministers of Justice or Other Ministers or Attorneys General of the
Americas (REMJA VIII), held at OAS headquarters, February 6 and 7, 2012..
November 10, 2011 (CP/SA 1827/11), presentation by OAS Secretary General Jos Miguel
Insulza concerning his participation in the Seventeenth Inter-American Conference of
Ministers of Labor, held in El Salvador; in the Fourth Meeting of Ministers or HighestRanking Authorities Responsible for Womens Policies in the Member States; and in the
celebration of the Twenty-fifth Anniversary of the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control
Commission, held in Argentina.
November 15, 2011 (CP/SA 1828/11), presentation of the report of the Committee on InterAmerican Summits Management and Civil Society Participation in OAS Activities on the
requests received from civil society organizations to participate in OAS activities. The
report was presented by Ambassador Luis Alfonso Hoyos, Permanent Representative of
Colombia.
December 9, 2011 (CP/SA 1832/11), presentation of the draft Final Report of the
Dialogue on the Effectiveness of the Implementation of the Inter-American Democratic
Charter, document CP/doc.4669/11 rev. 1, prepared in compliance with General
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Assembly resolutions AG/RES. 2555 (XLI-O/10) and AG/RES.2694 (XLII-O/11) on

Promotion and Strengthening of Democracy: Follow-up to the Inter-American
Democratic Charter.
December 9, 2011 (CP/SA 1832/11), presentation of the Plan of Action of the InterAmerican Childrens Institute by Mrs. Gloria Lozano de Diaz, Representative of Panama
to the Inter-American Childrens Institute and Vice President of its Directing Council, on
the work that the Institute will conduct over the next four years.
December 9, 2011 (CP/SA 1832/11), report of the Chair of the Committee on

Administrative and Budgetary Affairs, Ambassador John Beale, Permanent
Representative of Barbados, and presentation and approval of the draft resolution titled
Reporting and Work Plan of the Inspector General, approved as document CP/RES.
995 (1832/11) and the draft resolution titled Indirect Cost Recovery, approved ad
referendum of the General Assembly, document CP/RES.996 (1832/11).
December 9, 2011 (CP/SA 1832/11), offer to host the Fifth Meeting of the Working Group on
Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters and Extradition, pursuant to resolution AG/RES.
2657 (XLI-O/11) and the conclusions and recommendations of the Eighth Meeting of
Ministers of Justice or Other Ministers or Attorneys General of the Americas (REMJAVIII), adopted through resolution CP/RES. 997 (1832/11).
December 9, 2011 (CP/SA 1832/11) presentation, by Ambassador Hugo de Zela, Chiefof-Staff of the Secretary General, of the report of the General Secretariat on the
Organizations cash flow problem.
December 9, 2011 (CP/SA 1832/11), information on the visit that the President of the
Inter-American Court of Human Rights, Judge Diego Garca Sayn, made to France and
to the European Court of Human Rights from November 8 to 10, 2011, as part of the
strengthening of the human rights systems. The report was presented by the Permanent
Observer of France, Ambassador Pierre-Henri Guignard.
December 14, 2011 (CP/SA 1833/11), consideration and approval of the Draft Final
Report of the Permanent Council on the Dialogue on the Effectiveness of the
Implementation of the Inter-American Democratic Charter, with the amendments agreed
upon by the Working Group, document CP/doc.4669/11 rev.3.
December 14, 2011 (CP/SA 1833/11), Verbal Report of the Chair of the Special Working Group
to Reflect on the Workings of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
(IACHR) with a view to Strengthening the Inter-American Human Rights System
(IAHRS), Ambassador Joel Hernndez, Permanent Representative of Mexico, pointing
out that the Group completed its work on December 13, 2011 and had produced
recommendations for meeting the medium- and long-term challenges faced by the IAHRS
as a whole, including the need to provide its agencies with adequate funding.
December 14, 2011 (CP/SA 1833/11), a report and draft resolution presented by the Chair
of the Committee on Inter-American Summits Management and Civil Society
Participation in OAS Activities, Ambassador Luis Alfonso Hoyos, Permanent
Representative of Colombia, concerning requests from civil society organization to be
included in the OAS official register, presented in document CP/CISC-612/11.
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December 14, 2011 (CP/SA 1833/11), report of the Chair of the Committee on Juridical
and Political Affairs (CAJP), Ambassador Mara Isabel Salvador, and of the Chair of the
Working Group on Protecting the Human Rights of Older Persons, Ms. Ana Pastorino,
Alternate Representative of Argentina, on the situation of older people in the Hemisphere
and the effectiveness of the binding universal and regional human rights instruments in
protecting rights of older persons.
December 14, 2011 (CP/SA 1833/11), presentation and approval of the draft resolution on
convocation of the Third Meeting of Officials Responsible for Penitentiary and Prison
Policies, pursuant to resolution AG/RES. 2657 (XLI-O/11) and the conclusions and
recommendations of the Eighth Meeting of Ministers of Justice or Other Ministers or
Attorneys General of the Americas (REMJA) to be held in Kingston, Canada, February
20 to 22, 2012, in keeping with the mandates established in the Conclusions and
Recommendations of REMJA-VIII.
The presentation was by the Alternate
Representative of Canada, Mr. Douglas Janoff, document CP/RES. 998 (1833/11).
December 14, 2011 (CP/SA 1833/11), presentation of the results of the Third Meeting of
Ministers Responsible for Public Security in the Americas (MISPA III), by the Permanent
Representative of Trinidad and Tobago, Ambassador Neil Parsan. The meeting was held
in Trinidad and Tobago on November 17, 2011. The Ambassador said that the meeting
devoted particular attention to the issues of transparency, implementing a human rights
and gender perspective, exchanges of best practices between the countries, and others.
December 14, 2011 (CP/SA 1833/11), donation to the Organization of American States by the
Government of Chile of a document collection as part of the bequest of the Nobel
Laureate and poetess Gabriela Mistral, presented by the Permanent Representative of
Chile, Ambassador Daro Paya. The bequest is a complete collection of her works, which
the poetess had arranged to have deposited with and preserved by the Organization upon
her death.
December 14, 2011 (CP/SA 1833/11), commemoration of International Human Rights Day.
January 25, 2012 (CP/SA 1834/12), presentation of the updated report on Organizations
ongoing activities in Haiti, presented by the Assistant Secretary General, Ambassador
Albert Ramdin. In the report he highlighted the projects in education, youth development
and assistance to persons with disabilities, in pursuit of capacity-building in Haiti. He
also made reference to the plans for future activities in that country.
January 25, 2012 (CP/SA 1834/12), presentation and approval of the report of the Special
Working Group to Reflect on the Workings of the Inter-American Commission on
Human Rights (IACHR) with a view to Strengthening the Inter-American Human Rights
System (IAHRS), document GT/SIDH-13/11 rev. 2.
February 1, 2012 (CP/SA 1835/12), presentation of the document titled A Strategic

Vision of the OAS by the Secretary General, Jos Miguel Insulza. The document
contains his ideas and proposals on the core OAS missions and options for rationalizing
the budget available to perform them, document CP/doc.4673/11.
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February 1, 2012 (CP/SA 1835/12), approval of the draft resolution, document CP/RES.
999 (1835/12), changing the date and site of the Third Meeting of Officials Responsible
for Penitentiary and Prison Policies, to hold it at OAS headquarters on July 18 and 19,
2012, instead of in Kingston, Canada, February 20 to 22, 2012.
February 22, 2012 (CP/SA 1837/12), report of the Chair of the Committee on Inter-American
Summits Management and Civil Society Participation in OAS Activities concerning the
requests received from civil society organizations to be included in the OAS official
register, document CP/CISC-620/12.
February 29, 2012 (CP/SA 1838/12), presentation by the President of the European Court of
Human Rights, Judge Nicolas Bratza, on the functioning of the European Court, the
mechanisms used for admitting cases before that Court, and the powers it has to settle
cases.
February 29, 2012 (CP/SA 1838/12), presentation of the report of the Style Committee of the
General Assembly at its forty-second special session, document CP/doc.4684/12, by the
Chair of the Style Committee, Ms. Sandra Mikan, Alternate Representative of Colombia.
March 7, 2012 (CP/SA 1841/12), presentation on the celebration of La Francophonie, by

Mr. Bernard Geenen, Chair of the Cultural Festival celebrating the 2012 La
Francophonie month in Washington, D.C.
March 7, 2012 (CP/SA 1841/12), presentation by Ambassador Paul E. Simons, Executive

Secretary of the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission, on CICADs Policy
Fellowship Program (CPFP).
March 21, 2012 (CP/SA 1842/12), presentation by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of
Serbia, His Excellency Vuk Jeremi, focusing on the activities that Serbia was carrying
out with the Organization, in particular the scholarships that his government had made
available to students from the Hemisphere to study in Belgrade universities.
March 21, 2012 (CP/SA 1842/12), presentation by Secretary General Jos Miguel
Insulza of the Sixteenth Quarterly Report on the Mission to Support the Peace Process in
Colombia (MAPP/OEA), in compliance with the mandates in Permanent Council
resolution CP/RES. 859 (1397/04).
March 21, 2012 (CP/SA 1842/12), the Permanent Council approved draft resolution
CP/RES. 1000 (1824/12) to change the date for the Third Conference of States Party to
the Inter-American Convention against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in
Firearms, Ammunition, Explosives, and Other Related Materials (CIFTA) to hold it at
OAS headquarters on May 14 and 15, 2012.
March 21, 2012 (CP/SA 1842/12), presentation by the Chairman of the IADBs Council
of Delegates, Lieutenant General Guy Thibault, on the celebration of the Seventieth
Anniversary of the Inter-American Defense Board.
The report discussed the
establishment of the Inter-American Defense Board and its service in support of peace
and security in the Hemisphere.
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April 2, 2012 (CP/SA 1846/12), report of the General Secretariat and approval of
resolution CP/RES. 1001 (1846/12) on invitations to the forty-second regular session of
the General Assembly that require authorization by the Permanent Council, pursuant to
Articles 9 and 10 of the Rules of Procedure of the General Assembly.
April 2, 2012 (CP/SA 1846/12), presentation of a revised version of the Draft Code of
Ethics of the General Secretariat of the Organization of American States, in compliance
with the mandates contained in General Assembly resolution AG/RES. 1 (XLII-E/11).
The document presented was published as Permanent Council document CP/doc.4705/12.
April 25, 2012 (CP/SA 1848/12), presentation by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, His Excellency Nikola Poposki, on the focus
of his countrys foreign policy and its activities and efforts to strengthen and build ties of
cooperation with its neighbors and with nations geographically further away, including
the countries of the Americas.
April 25, 2012 (CP/SA 1848/12), presentation by the Assistant Secretary of Health of the
Eastern Republic of Uruguay, Professor Dr. Leonel Briozzo, on the change in the health
regulations and the Uruguayan model for reducing risk and harm from unsafe abortions,
an achievement by the Health Initiatives Civic Association of Uruguay.
April 25, 2012 (CP/SA 1848/12), presentation of the Annual Report of the InterAmerican Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) by its Director General, Dr.
Vctor Villalobos, covering the work accomplished in 2011.
April 25, 2012 (CP/SA 1848/12), report of the Chair of the Committee on Hemispheric
Security, Ambassador Nstor Mndez, Permanent Representative of Belize, on the
arrangements to hold the joint meeting of the Permanent Council and the Inter-American
Council for Integral Development (CIDI) in compliance with the mandates of resolution
AG/RES. 2617 (XLI-O/11), Follow-up to the Special Conference on Security.
May 2, 2012 (CP/SA 1849/12), report presented by the Chair of the Board of External
Auditors, Mr. James L. Millette, on the annual audit of the accounts and financial
statements of the Organization for the years 2010 and 2011, published as document
CP/doc. 4707/12 corr.1, together with the Boards recommendations for improving the
Organizations operational procedures and internal accounting controls.
May 2, 2012 (CP/SA 1849/12), report on and approval of the Draft Hemispheric Plan of
Action to Follow-up on the Declaration of San Salvador on Citizen Security in the
Americas, document CP/doc. 4708/12.
May 16, 2012 (CP/SA 1852/12), report of the General Secretariat and approval of the
draft resolution authorizing the Secretary General of the Organization to send the
pertinent invitations to the civil society organizations not listed in the OAS Register but
that wish to participate in the forty-second regular session of the General Assembly and
that, under Article 10 of the Rules of Procedure of the General Assembly, require the
Permanent Councils authorization, document CP/RES. 1002 (1852/12).
May 23, 2012 (CP/SA 1854/12), report of the Chair of the Committee on Administrative
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and Budgetary Affairs (CAAP), presented by the Vice Chair of that Committee,
Counselor Csar Martnez, Alternate Representative of El Salvador, describing the
activities conducted during the 2011-2012 term, document CP/CAAP 3173/12; he also
presented two draft resolutions to be submitted to the General Assembly for consideration
at its forty-second regular session: Amendments to Chapters VIII and IX of the General
Standards to Govern the Operations of the General Secretariat: The Inspector General,
document CP/CAAP-3171/12; and Human Resource Policy of the General Secretariat of
the Organization of American States, document CP/CAAP-3166/12 rev. 4.
May 23, 2012 (CP/SA 1854/12), presentation of the Annual Report of the Inter-American
Council for Integral Development (CIDI) for the period 2011-2012, document CIDI/doc.
8/12, and sixteen (16) draft resolutions approved by CIDI, document CIDI doc. 4/12
add.1, to be transmitted to the General Assembly at its forty-second regular session. The
presentation was done by the Chair of the seventeenth regular meeting of the InterAmerican Council for Integral Development (CIDI), Ambassador Jos de Jess Martnez,
Alternate Representative of Panama.
May 25, 2012 (CP/SA 1855/12), Report of the Chair of the Committee on Hemispheric
Security, Ambassador Nstor Mndez, Permanent Representative of Belize, concerning
the Committees work during the 2011-2012 period, document CP/CSH-1411/12, and
approval of the draft resolution: Advancing Hemispheric Security: a Multidimensional
Approach, which will be presented to the General Assembly at its forty-second regular
session, document CP/CSH-1386 rev. 12.
May 25, 2012 (CP/SA 1855/12), presentation of the Report of the Committee on Juridical
and Political Affairs (CAJP) on the work the Committee accomplished in the 2011-2012
term, and presentation of draft resolutions to be transmitted to the General Assembly for
consideration. The presentation was given by Ambassador Mara Isabel Salvador,
Permanent Representative of Ecuador and Chair of the CAJP.
May 25, 2012 (CP/SA 1855/12), presentation of the Report of the Chair of the Committee
on Inter-American Summits Management and Civil Society Participation in OAS
Activities on that Committees activities in the 2011-2012 period, document CP/CISC627/12, and presentation of draft resolutions that will have to be submitted to the General
Assembly for consideration at its forty-second regular session. The presentation was
done by Ambassador Luis Andrs Gonzlez Daz, Permanent Representative of Colombia
and Chair of the Committee.
May 25, 2012 (CP/SA 1855/12), presentation of the Report of the Chair of the Special
Committee on Migration Issues (CEAM) on the Committees work during the 2011-2012
period , document CE/AM-213/12; presentation of draft resolutions that will have to be
submitted to the General Assembly for consideration at its forty-second regular session.
The presentation was given by Ambassador Leonidas Rosa Bautista, Chair of the CEAM.
May 25, 2012 (CP/SA 1855/12), presentation of the report of the Chair of the General
Committee on the work the Committee accomplished in the 2011-2012 term, and
presentation of draft resolutions that are to be submitted to the General Assembly for
consideration at its forty-second regular session, document CP/CG-1934/12. The
presentation was delivered by Ambassador Leonidas Rosa Bautista, Chair of the
Permanent Councils General Committee.
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May 25, 2012 (CP/SA 1855/12), establishment of the Style Committee for the fortysecond regular session of the General Assembly, in compliance with Article 28 of the
Assemblys Rules of Procedure. The Style Committee will receive the resolutions,
declarations and recommendations approved by the General Assembly, correct their
defects of form, and ensure equivalency among the versions in the official languages.
The members of the Style Committee for the forty-second regular session of the General
Assembly are the delegations of Brazil, Canada, the United States and Bolivia.
2.
Summaries of the joint meetings of the Permanent Council and the Permanent Executive
Committee of the Inter-American Council for Integral Development (CEPCIDI)
November 10, 2011 (CP/SA.1826/11), verbal report on the Draft Social Charter of the
Americas, delivered by the Chair of the Joint Working Group of the Permanent Council
and CEPCIDI, Mr. Pierre Giroux, Alternate Representative of Canada. The report was
presented in accordance with the mandate of resolution AG/RES. 2056 (XXIV-O/04), and
observed that, during this completed period, agreement had been reached with regard to
the preamble section of the draft, and that paragraphs had been rearranged in thematic
order as shown in document GT/CASA/doc.157/10 rev. 14.
Mr. Giroux further reported that the Group continued to work on the operative section of
the approved texts of the draft Social Charter, and on rearranging certain paragraphs
following the same procedure used on the preamble, concluding with the October 26,
2011 deliberations on the full text of the draft Social Charter, after six years of
negotiations.
March 21, 2012 (CP/SA 1843/12), election of the new Chair of the Joint Working Group
of the Permanent Council and CEPCIDI on the Draft Social Charter of the Americas.
On a motion by the Alternate Representative of Peru, Gonzalo Glvez, seconded by the
Alternate Representative of El Salvador, Mr. Agustn Vsquez, the Permanent Council
and CEPCIDI by acclamation elected the delegation of the United States to serve as Chair
of the Joint PC/CEPCIDI Working Group on the Social Charter of the Americas for a sixmonth term ending September 21, 2012.
May 15, 2012 (CP/SA.1851/12), in furtherance of the mandate contained in General

Assembly AG/RES. 2617 (XLI-O/11) Follow-up to the Special Conference on
Security, the meeting was chaired by Ambassador Leonidas Rosa Bautista, Chair of the
Permanent Council and Permanent Representative of Honduras, and by Mr. Jos de Jess
Martnez, Chair of the Inter-American Council for Integral Development (CIDI) and
Alternate Representative of Panama.
May 16, 2012 (CP/SA 1853/12), presentation of the Report of the Chair of the Joint
Working Group of the Permanent Council and the Permanent Executive Committee of the
Inter-American Council for Integral Development on the Draft Social Charter of the
Americas. The report was presented by Mr. Daniel Cento, Alternate Representative of
the United States.
The Permanent Council and CEPCIDI agreed to submit for consideration by the General
Assembly the draft resolution titled Social Charter of the Americas: Renewal of the
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Hemispheric Commitment to Fight Poverty in the Region, as recommended by the

Working Group in document GTC/CASA/doc.189/12 rev. 2, and through which the
General Assembly would adopt the Social Charter of the Americas.
3.
Electoral and referendum observation reports (20112012)
The Permanent Council received a total of 13 reports on the results of electoral observation
missions.
August 31, 2011 (CP/SA 1814/11), oral report on the OAS Electoral Observation Mission
for the second round of general elections held in Peru on June 5, 2011. The presentation
was delivered by Mr. Dante Caputo, Head of the Electoral Observation Mission.
August 31, 2011 (CP/SA 1814/11), oral report on the OAS Electoral Observation Mission
for the general elections held in Ecuador on May 7, 2011. The report was presented by
Mr. Pablo Gutirrez, Director of the General Secretariat's Department of Electoral
Cooperation and Observation.
September 21, 2012 (CP/SA 1818/11), oral report presented by the Chief of the Electoral
Observation Mission, Mr. Paul Spencer, on the July 12, 2011 Mission in Saint Kitts and
Nevis, the first time that the OAS had observed a local government election in the
Caribbean.
November 10, 2011 (CP/SA 1827/11), presentation of the report of the OAS Electoral
Observation Mission carried out during the referendum held in Paraguay, on October 9,
2011, regarding an amendment to the Constitution that would extend to all Paraguayan
citizens, 18 years of age and older, the right to vote whether they reside in the country or
not. The report was delivered by Ms. Noemi Sanin, Chief of Mission.
November 15, 2011 (CP/SA 1828/11), presentation of the report of the Mission of
Electoral Accompaniment in Nicaragua for the elections held on November 6, 2011. The
report was presented by the Chief of Mission, Mr. Dante Caputo.
November 15, 2011 (CP/SA 1828/11), presentation of the report of the OAS Electoral
Observation Mission for the elections held in Guatemala on September 11, 2011. The
report was presented by Mr. Jos Octavio Bordn, Chief of Mission.
February 1, 2012 (CP/SA 1835/12), presentation of the report on the OAS Electoral
Observation Mission to Saint Lucia for the general elections held on November 28, 2011.
The report was presented by Dr. Rosina Wiltshire, Chief of Mission.
February 22, 2012 (CP/SA 1837/12), presentation of the report on the OAS Electoral
Observation Mission for the elections held in Bolivia on October 16, 2011, to elect highranking authorities in the judicial branch of government. The report was delivered by Ms.
Betilde Muoz, an official with the General Secretariat's Department of Electoral
Cooperation and Observation and Deputy Chief of Mission, on behalf of Mr. Martn
Torrijos, Chief of Mission.
February 22, 2012 (CP/SA 1837/12), presentation of the report of the OAS Electoral
Observation Mission on the general and regional elections held in Guyana on November
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28, 2011. The report was presented by Ambassador Gordon Shirley, Head of the
Electoral Observation Mission.
February 22, 2012 (CP/SA 1837/12), presentation of the report of the OAS Electoral
Observation Mission on the elections held in Jamaica on December 29, 2011. The report
was presented by Ambassador Lisa Shoman, Chief of Mission.
March 21, 2012 (CP/SA 1842/12), presentation of the report on the OAS Electoral
Observation Mission (EOM) in Colombia. The report was delivered by Ms. Charlotte
McDowell, Deputy Chief of Mission, in the absence of the Chief of Mission, Ambassador
Beatrz Paredes.
April 2, 2012 (CP/SA 1846/12), presentation of the report on the OAS Electoral
Observation Mission during the legislative and municipal elections held in El Salvador on
March 11, 2012. The report was delivered by the Chief of Mission, Dr. Lourdes Flores
Nano.
April 25, 2012 (CP/SA 1848/12), presentation of the report on the Electoral Observation
Mission in Belize for the general elections held on March 7, 2012. The report was
delivered by Ambassador Frank Almaguer, Chief of Mission.
4.
Elections entrusted to the Permanent Council

Election of a member of the Leo S. Rowe Pan American Fund Committee
In keeping with Article 2 of the Statutes of the Leo S. Rowe Fund, which provides that
[t]he Fund shall be administered by a Committee approved and supervised by the
Permanent Council and Article 3 of those Statutes, the Permanent Council proceeded to
elect one member to serve on the Rowe Fund Committee. The Permanent Representative
of Belize, Ambassador Nestor Mendez, nominated the Permanent Representative of the
Dominican Republic, Ambassador Roberto Saladin, whose appointment was by acclamation.
5.
Preparations for the General Assembly
Forty-second special session (Washington, D.C., October 31, 2011)
The forty-second special session of the General Assembly was convened pursuant to the
mandates contained in resolution CP/RES. 989 (1818/11). It was held at Organization
headquarters on October 31, 2011, to consider and approve the program-budget of the
Organization for 2012.
The Preparatory Committee of the General Assembly met on September 21, 2011, to
consider procedural issues related to the special session of the General Assembly.
On October 31, 2011, the General Assembly, convened for its forty-second special
session, approved resolution AG/RES. 1 (XLII-E/11), Program-Budget of the Regular Fund of
the Organization for 2012 and contributions to FEMCIDI the text of which is available at the
following link: http://www.oas.org/consejo/GENERAL%20ASSEMBLY/42SGA.asp.
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Forty-second regular session of the General Assembly (Cochabamba, Bolivia,

June 3 5, 2012)
In preparation for the forty-second regular session of the General Assembly, the
Permanent Council considered 66 draft resolutions recommended by the permanent committees
and working groups of the Permanent Council and by the Inter-American Council for Integral
Development. Of the total number of draft resolutions, 60 have the consensus of the member
states. The member states did not conclude their deliberations on six (6) draft resolutions, and the
Permanent Council is recommending that the General Assembly instruct its General Committee to
continue the deliberations on those draft resolutions during the forty-second regular session of the
General Assembly.
Document AG/doc.5642/12 add. 2 contains the texts of the draft resolutions that the
Permanent Council considered and approved for transmission to the General Assembly.
Document AG/doc.5642/12 add. 3 contains the texts of the proposals on which the member states
did not reach a consensus prior to the start of the forty-second regular session.
The following are the draft resolutions not approved prior to the start of the forty-second
regular session of the General Assembly:
i.
ii.
iii.
iv.
v.
vi.
Observations and Recommendations on the Annual Report of the Inter-American

Court of Human Rights, AG/doc.5703/12
Strengthening of the Inter-American Human Rights System Pursuant to the
Mandates Arising from the Summits of the Americas, document AG/doc.5606/12
Protection of Asylum Seekers and Refugees in the Americas, document
AG/doc.5604/12
Observations and Recommendations on the Annual Report of the Inter-American
Commission on Human Rights, document AG/doc.5605/12
Follow-up on the recommendations contained in the Report of the Special
Working Group to Reflect on the workings of the Inter-American Commission
on Human Rights with a view to Strengthening the Inter-American Human
Rights System, document AG/doc.5607/12
Water as a human right, document AG/doc.5608/12
CHAPTER III
DECLARATIONS AND RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED
(June 2011 to May 2012)
The full texts of the declarations and resolutions adopted by the Permanent Council during the
period covered in this report are available at the following links:
http://www.oas.org/consejo/resolutions/resolutions2011.asp
http://www.oas.org/consejo/resolutions/resolutions2012.asp
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2011
CP/RES. 998 (1833/11)
CP/RES. 997 (1832/11)
CP/RES. 996 (1832/11)

CP/RES. 995 (1832/11)
CP/RES. 994 (1831/11)
CP/RES. 993 (1827/11)
CP/RES. 992 (1822/11)
CP/RES. 991 (1819/11)
CP/RES. 990 (1819/11)

CP/RES. 989 (1818/11)
CP/RES. 988 (1818/11)
CP/RES. 987 (1814/11)
CP/DEC. 49 (1810/11)
CONVOCATION OF THE THIRD MEETING OF OFFICIALS RESPONSIBLE

FOR PENITENTIARY AND PRISON POLICIES, PURSUANT TO
RESOLUTION AG/RES. 2657 (XLI-O/11) AND THE CONCLUSIONS AND
RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE EIGHTH MEETING OF MINISTERS OF
JUSTICE OR OTHER MINISTERS OR ATTORNEYS GENERAL OF THE
AMERICAS (REMJA-VIII) (Adopted at the meeting held on December 14, 2011)
CONVOCATION OF THE FIFTH MEETING OF THE REMJA WORKING
GROUP ON MUTUAL ASSISTANCE IN CRIMINAL MATTERS AND
EXTRADITION, PURSUANT TO RESOLUTION AG/RES. 2657 (XLI-O/11)
AND THE CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE EIGHTH
MEETING OF MINISTERS OF JUSTICE OR OTHER MINISTERS OR
ATTORNEYS GENERAL OF THE AMERICAS (REMJA-VIII) (Adopted at the
meeting held on December 9, 2011)
INDIRECT COST RECOVERY (Approved at the meeting held on December 9,
2011)
REPORTING AND WORK PLAN OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL (Approved
at the meeting held on December 9, 2011)
DATE OF THE FORTY-SECOND REGULAR SESSION OF THE GENERAL
ASSEMBLY (Adopted at the meeting held on December 2, 2011)
CONVOCATION OF THE SEVENTH MEETING OF THE REMJA WORKING
GROUP ON CYBER-CRIME, PURSUANT TO RESOLUTION AG/RES. 2657
(XLI-O/11) AND THE CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE
EIGHTH MEETING OF MINISTERS OF JUSTICE OR OTHER MINISTERS OR
ATTORNEYS GENERAL OF THE AMERICAS (REMJA-VIII) (Adopted at its
session held on November 10, 2011)
GRANTING THE REPUBLIC OF ALBANIA PERMANENT OBSERVER
STATUS TO THE ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES (Adopted at the
meeting held on October 19, 2011)
PLACE AND DATE OF THE MEETING OF THE THIRD MEETING OF THE
TECHNICAL GROUP ON TRANSNATIONAL ORGANIZED CRIME (Adopted
at the meeting held on September 30, 2011)
TRANSFER OF FUNDS BETWEEN CHAPTERS OF THE PROGRAMBUDGET FOR 2011 (Adopted at the meeting held on September 30, 2011)
PLACE AND DATE OF THE FORTY-SECOND SPECIAL SESSION OF THE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO CONSIDER AND ADOPT THE 2012 PROGRAMBUDGET (Adopted at the meeting held on September 21, 2011)
GRANTING THE REPUBLIC OF MALTA PERMANENT OBSERVER STATUS
TO THE ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES (Adopted at the meeting
held on September 21, 2011)
USE OF UNOBLIGATED UNPROGRAMMED BALANCES OF SPECIFIC
FUNDS, ESTABLISHED BY MEMBER STATES, TO COVER REGULAR
FUND SHORTFALLS (Adopted at the meeting held on August 31, 2011)
DECLARATION BY THE PERMANENT COUNCIL ON THE PASSING OF
MR. ITAMAR AUGUSTO CAUTIERO FRANCO FORMER PRESIDENT OF
THE FEDERATIVE REPUBLIC OF BRAZIL (Adopted at the meeting held on
July 13, 2011)
2012
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CP/RES. 1002 (1852/12)

CP/RES. 1001 (1846/12)
CP/DEC. 50 (1846/12)
CP/RES. 1000 (1842/12)
CP/RES. 999 (1835/12)
INVITATIONS TO THE FORTY-SECOND REGULAR SESSION OF THE

GENERAL ASSEMBLY (Adopted at the meeting held on May 16, 2012)
INVITATIONS TO THE FORTY-SECOND REGULAR SESSION OF THE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY (Approved at the meeting held on April 2,
DECLARATION OF THE PERMANENT COUNCIL ON THE DEATH OF
MR. MIGUEL DE LA MADRID HURTADO, FORMER PRESIDENT OF
MEXICO (Adopted at the meeting held on 2 April, 2012)
CHANGE OF DATE OF THE THIRD CONFERENCE OF STATES PARTY TO
THE INTER-AMERICAN CONVENTION AGAINST THE ILLICIT
MANUFACTURING OF AND TRAFFICKING IN FIREARMS, MUNITIONS,
EXPLOSIVES AND RELATED MATERIALS (CIFTA) (Adopted at the meeting
held on March 21, 2012)
CHANGE OF DATE AND SITE OF THE THIRD MEETING OF OFFICIALS
RESPONSIBLE FOR PENITENTIARY AND PRISON POLICIES (Adopted at the
meeting held on 1 February, 2012)
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CHAPTER IV
MEMBERSHIP AND OFFICERS OF THE COMMITTEES AND WORKING GROUPS
OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, THE MEETING OF CONSULTATION,
AND THE PERMANENT COUNCIL
A.
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
PREPARATORY COMMITTEE OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Chair: The Chair of the Permanent Council
Vice Chair: The Vice Chair of the Permanent Council
One representative of each member state
Working Group to Consider the Draft Declaration of Cochabamba

on Food Security with Sovereignty in the Americas
Chair: Ambassador Diego Pary Rodrguez
Permanent Representative of Bolivia
Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure

Chair: Ambassador Diego Pary Rodrguez
Subcommittee on Administrative and Budgetary Matters

Chair: Ambassador John E. Beale
Permanent Representative of Barbados
B.
MEETINGS OF CONSULTATION OF MINISTERS OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
TWENTY-FOURTH MEETING OF CONSULTATION OF MINISTERS OF FOREIGN

AFFAIRS
Chair: Celso Amorm
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Brazil
Committee on Follow-up on the Twenty-fourth Meeting of Consultation of

Ministers of Foreign Affairs (Rio Treaty)
Chair: Brazil
[Open to the states parties to the Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance
(Rio Treaty)]
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TWENTY-FIFTH MEETING OF CONSULTATION OF MINISTERS OF FOREIGN

AFFAIRS
Chair: Carlos Morales Troncoso
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs of the Dominican Republic
TWENTY-SIXTH MEETING OF CONSULTATION OF MINISTERS OF

FOREIGN AFFAIRS
Chair: Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and International Cooperation of Guyana
C.
PERMANENT COUNCIL
CHAIRS AND VICE CHAIRS12/
July to December 2011
July to September
Chair: Guatemala
Vice Chair: Colombia
October to December
Chair: Guyana
Vice Chair: Chile
From January to June 2012

January to March
Chair: Haiti
Vice Chair: Canada
April to June
Chair: Honduras
Vice Chair: Bolivia13/
From July to December 2012

12
13
.
Article 5 of the Statutes of the Permanent Council provides that the office of Chair of the Permanent
Council shall be held by each of the principal representatives in turn, following the alphabetical
.
Article 5 of the Rules of Procedure of the Permanent Council provides that If the state to which the
office of chair corresponds does not have a principal representative, the vice chair shall serve as chair.
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July to September
Chair: Jamaica
Vice Chair: Bolivia
October to December
Chair: Mexico
Vice Chair: Belize
WORKING GROUPS
Ad Hoc Group to Prepare the Program to Commemorate the Birth of the Liberator
Simn Bolvar
Bolivia
Colombia
Ecuador
Panama
Peru
Venezuela
Special Working Group to Reflect on the Workings of the IACHR with a view to
Strengthening the IAHRS
Chair: Ambassador Joel Hernndez
Permanent Representative of Mexico
Vice Chair: Ambassador Hubert Charles
Permanent Representative of Dominica
PERMANENT COMMITTEES AND THEIR WORKING GROUPS
GENERAL COMMITTEE
Chair: The Chair of the Permanent Council
Vice Chair: The Vice Chair of the Permanent Council
COMMITTEE ON JURIDICAL AND POLITICAL AFFAIRS

Chair: Ambassador Mara Isabel Salvador
Permanent Representative of Ecuador
Vice Chair: Mayerlyn Cordero
Alternate Representative of the Dominican Republic
Working Group to Prepare the Draft American Declaration on the Rights

of Indigenous Peoples
Chair: Ambassador Diego Pary
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Vice Chair: Ivn Chanis
Alternate Representative of Panama
Working Group to Prepare a Draft Inter-American Convention against

Racism and All Forms of Discrimination and Intolerance
Chair: Joy-Dee Davis-Lake
Alternate Representative of Antigua and Barbuda
Vice Chairs:
Sophia Isabel Castillero, Alternate Representative of Panama
Kendall Belisle, Alternate Representative of Belize
Working Group on Protecting the Human Rights

of Older Persons
Chair: Ana Pastorino
Alternate Representative of Argentina
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COMMITTEE ON HEMISPHERIC SECURITY

Chair: Ambassador Nstor Mndez
Permanent Representative of Belize
Vice Chairs:
Giovanni Snidle Alternate Representative of the United States
Denis Toscano Alternate Representative of Ecuador
Patricia DCosta Alternate Representative of Canada
Working group to Prepare for the Third Meeting of Ministers of Public

Security of the Americas (MISPA III)
Chair: Colonel Colin Mitchell
Alternate Representative of Trinidad and Tobago
Vice Chairs:
Patricia DCosta Alternate Representative of Canada
Rodrigo Amaya Alternate Representative of Colombia
Working Group to Prepare a Draft Hemispheric Plan of Action to

Follow-up on the Declaration of San Salvador on Citizen Security in the
Americas
Chair: Denys Toscano Amores
Alternate Representative of Ecuador
Vice Chairs:
Juan Gabriel Morales, Alternate Representative of Mexico
Jeremy Long, Alternate Representative of the United States
COMMITTEE ON INTER-AMERICAN SUMMITS MANAGEMENT AND

CIVIL SOCIETY PARTICIPATION IN OAS ACTIVITIES
Chair: Ambassador Andrs Gonzlez Daz
Permanent Representative of Colombia
Vice Chair: Ambassador Neil Parsan
Permanent Representative of Trinidad and Tobago
COMMITTEE ON ADMINISTRATIVE AND BUDGETARY AFFAIRS

Chair: Ambassador John E. Beale
Permanent Representative of Barbados
First Vice Chair: Csar Edgardo Martnez
Alternate Representative of El Salvador
Second Vice Chair: Rodrigo Olsen
Alternate Representative of Chile
Working Group to Review the Proposed Program-Budget for 2012
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Chair: Csar Edgardo Martnez

Alternate Representative de El Salvador
Working
Group to Prepare the Draft Resolution on the Program-Budget for 2012
Chair: Rodrigo Olsen
Alternate Representative of Chile
Working Group on the Review of OAS Programs

Chair: Pierre Giroux
Alternate Representative of Canada
Vice Chair: Alberto del Castillo
Alternate Representative of Mexico
SPECIAL COMMITTEES
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON MIGRATION ISSUES

Chair: Leonidas Rosa Bautista
Permanent Representative of Honduras
Vice Chair: Raul Salazar Cosio
Alternate Representative of Peru
PERMANENT COUNCIL/CEPCIDI:
Joint Working Group of the Permanent Council and CEPCIDI on the

draft Social Charter of the Americas
Chair: Delegation of the United States
Vice Chairs:
Colombia, Dominican Republic, Dominica and Canada

Mechanisms for Disaster Prevention and Response and Humanitarian Assistance
Chair: Ana Pastorino
Alternate Representative of Argentina
Vice Chair: Flavio J. Medina
Alternate Representative of the Dominican Republic
D.
ACRONYMS USED BY THE COMMITTEES AND WORKING GROUPS OF THE

GENERAL ASSEMBLY, THE MEETING OF CONSULTATION AND THE PERMANENT
COUNCIL
GENERAL ASSEMBLY:
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Preparatory Committee of the General Assembly
AG/CP
Working Group to Consider the Draft Declaration of

Cochabamba on Food Security with Sovereignty in the
Americas
AG/CP/GTDC
Subcommittee on Administrative and Budgetary Matters
AG/CP/SUB.AAP
Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure
AG/CP/SUB.TP
MEETING OF CONSULTATION:
Meetings of Consultation of Ministers of Foreign Affairs
RC
Committee on Follow-up on the Twenty-fourth Meeting of Consultation of

Ministers of Foreign Affairs (Rio Treaty)
CS/TIAR
PERMANENT COUNCIL:
CP
Special Working Group to Reflect on the Workings of the IACHR

with a view to Strengthening the IAHRS
GT/SIDH
General Committee
CP/CG
CP/CAJP
Working Group to Prepare the Draft American Declaration on the Rights

of Indigenous Peoples
GT/DADIN
Working Group to Prepare a Draft Inter-American Convention against

Racism and All Forms of Discrimination and Intolerance
CAJP/GT/RDI
Working Group on Protecting the Human Rights of Older Persons
CAJP/GT/DHPM
CP/CAAP
Working Group to Review the Proposed Program-Budget for 2012
CAAP/GT/PPP
Working Group to Prepare the Draft Resolution on the Program-Budget

for 2012
CAAP/GT/RPP
Working Group on the Review of OAS Programs
CAAP/GT/RVPP
CP/CSH
Working Group to Prepare for the Third Meeting of Ministers of Public

Security of the Americas (MISPA III)
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CSH/GT/MISPA III
Working Group to Prepare a Draft Hemispheric Plan of Action to

Follow-up on the Declaration of San Salvador on Citizen Security in
the Americas
CSH/GT/DSS
Committee on Inter-American Summits Management and Civil Society

Participation in OAS Activities
CP/CISC
CE/AM
PERMANENT COUNCIL/CEPCIDI:
Joint Working Group of the Permanent Council and CEPCIDI on the
draft Social Charter of the Americas
GTC/CASA

Mechanisms for Disaster Prevention and Response and Humanitarian
Assistance
GTC/DAH
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Footnotes
4.
served as Vice Chair of the Permanent Council on an acting basis.
10.
... of the meetings held from January to May 2012 is available at:
http://www.oas.org/consejo/sp/registro2012.asp
11.
... of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, of the General Secretariat, of specialized agencies
and conferences, and of other bodies and agencies, and present to the General Assembly any observations and recommendations
it deems necessary.
12.
order in Spanish of the names of their respective countries. The office of Vice Chair shall be filled in the
same way, following the reverse alphabetical order. Article 6 provides that the Chair and Vice Chair shall hold office for a term
of three months. These terms shall begin automatically on the first day of each quarter of the calendar year. Article 7 provides
that in the event of the temporary absence or disability of the Chair, the Vice Chair shall replace him/her and, in the event of the
absence or disability of both of them, the principal representative of greatest seniority shall preside. If for any reason the country
to which the Chair corresponds does not have a principal representative, the Vice Chair shall serve as Chair until a principal
representative of that country joins the Council. If during a term or part thereof a country to which the Chair or Vice Chair
corresponds does not have a principal representative, that term shall not be interrupted. Once it has ended, the Chair or Vice
Chair shall go to the following country, in accordance with the order established in Article 5.
13.
... If the state to which the office of vice chair corresponds does not have a principal representative, the principal
representatives of the states in reverse alphabetical order shall serve in turn as vice chair on an acting basis. The incumbency of
such substitute in either office shall terminate with the arrival in the Permanent Council of the principal representative of the state
to which that office pertains by right.
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GENERAL ASSEMBLY

FORTY-SECOND REGULAR SESSION

ANNUAL REPORT OF THE PERMANENT COUNCIL

Article 18 of the Statutes of the Permanent Council.

Joint Working Group of the Permanent Council and

ANNUAL REPORT OF THE PERMANENT COUNCIL

CHAIRS AND VICE CHAIRS

Charter of the Organization of American States, Chapter XII, Article 80.

Perform the other functions assigned to it in the Charter.

Idem., Article 84.

Prepares reports, draft resolutions, declarations, or recommendations on the topics to

July 13, 2011

May 23, 2012

To receive the Honorable Freundel Stuart, Q.C.,

The chair considers it necessary;

statement made by the President of the

To receive His Excellency Dr. Rafael

Dr. Albuquerque disclosed details relating

To receive Her Excellency Michalle Jean,

The UNESCO Special Envoy for Haiti gave

Report by the Chair of the Committee on CP/SA 1824/11

November 21, 2011

To receive the member states final CP/SA. 1829/11

November 30, 2011

In furtherance of the mandate contained in

and AG/RES. 2694 (XLI-O/11)

To change the date of the forty-second

The Permanent Council approved, ad

To receive His Excellency Harold

Minister Caballeros explained that his visit

To receive His Excellency Dr. Lenn

Vice President Moreno explained that the

To receive His Excellency David CP/SA 1840/12

March 28, 2012

To receive national legislators from the

Participating in the meeting were the

To receive His Excellency Ricardo Patio,

Minister Ricardo Patio gave the Permanent

Record No. 10//

March 21, 2012

Joint meeting of the Permanent Council and

May 15, 2012

Joint meeting of the Permanent Council and

May 16, 2012

Joint meeting of the Permanent Council and

FOLLOW-UP OF THE MANDATES FROM THE FORTY-FIRST REGULAR SESSION OF

AG/RES. 2694 (XLI-O/11)

1. To continue promoting democratic cooperation

AG/RES. 2555 (XL-O/10)

2. To reaffirm that the promotion and protection of

Permanent Council on all cases in which action on

The Permanent Council shall also: (f) Consider the

AG/RES. 2617 (XLI-O/11)

5. To request that the Permanent Council, through

Follow-up to the Special Conference on

3. To renew the mandate given to the Permanent

7. That execution of the activities envisaged in this

Follow-up and execution of the mandates related to the effectiveness of the

Process of reflecting upon the workings of the Inter-American Commission on Human

Draft Social Charter of the Americas

SUMMARIES OF THE REGULAR AND SPECIAL MEETINGS OF THE PERMANENT

August 2, 2011 (CP/SA 1813/11), continuation of the dialogue on Promotion and

resolutions AG/RES.2555 (XL-O/10) and AG/RES.2694 (XLI-O/11) on the Promotion